2001 Wheaton Scholars
Eight Wheaton students were awarded academic honors in 2001, including Wheaton's first Rhodes Scholar, Miles Jacob Sweet.
The scholars are:
- Miles Jacob Sweet, Rhodes Scholar
- Rebecca Chamberlain, British Marshall Scholar
- Andrea Christoforou, Fulbright Scholar
- Arnulfo De La Cruz, Fulbright Scholar
- David Giuliani, Udall Scholar
- Susan Habas, Fulbright Scholar
- Frederick Marcks, Truman Scholar
- Laura Steele, French Government Teaching Assistantship
Miles Jacob Sweet '01
2001 Rhodes Scholar
Fairfield, Mass.
The first in his family to attend college, chemistry major Miles Sweet was also the first Wheaton student to be named a Rhodes Scholar, one of 31 national recipients of the prestigious award in 2001. A graduate of the Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone, Sweet researched the design of hybrid organic-inorganic materials at the Universitie Piere et Marie Curie in Paris, France, during the summer of 2000 with funding from the National Science Foundation and Wheaton's Davis International Fellows program. As a Rhodes Scholar, Sweet attended Oxford University in Oxford, England, studying organic biological chemistry and reading for a doctor of philosophy degree in chemistry.
Rebecca Chamberlain '99
2001 British Marshall Scholar
Charlevoix, Michigan
Chamberlain wrote her Wheaton honors thesis on the impact of untreated post-traumatic stress disorder on women raped during the Bosnian and Croatian wars. As a Wheaton Davis Fellow, she researched her subject in Zagreb, Croatia, at the Center for Women War Victims. Funded by her British Marshall scholarship, Chamberlain read for a master's degree at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) at the University College London.
Andrea Christoforou '01
2001 Fulbright Scholar
Lynn, Mass.
Andrea Christoforou, a pre-med and mathematics major, won a Great Britain Fulbright scholarship to study bioinformatics. Only 17 students are selected nationally for this award. In England, Christoforou pursued a master's degree in bioinformatics, an area of pharmaceutical research that focuses on the drug discovery process, aiming to accelerate the rate at which new drugs are discovered and to decrease their costs. Upon her return to the United States, Christoforou planned to pursue a doctorate in bioinformatics. A scholar-athlete, Christoforou was a top-ranked goalie on Wheaton's lacrosse team.
Arnulfo De La Cruz '00
2001 Fulbright Scholar
Milton, Mass.
A dual major in international relations and Hispanic studies, Arnulfo De La Cruz won a Fulbright Bi-national Business Grant. De La Cruz used his Fulbright award to study at Mexico's Monterrey Institute of Technology, while working at Cemex, a multinational cement corporation. Only 10 students are selected each year for Fulbright-funded Bi-national Business Grants for Mexico. De La Cruz planned to study comparative law, economics and international trade at the Mexican university. After graduation from Wheaton, De La Cruz worked as a paralegal at a downtown Boston law firm. His long-term plans called for enrolling in a dual degree law program to acquire a JD and a master's in international law. De La Cruz is a Mexican-American who aspires to trim the huge income disparities among Latin American countries.
David Giuliani '03
2001 Udall Scholar
Montpelier, Vt.
David Giuliani won a Morris K. Udall scholarship to support his Wheaton undergraduate studies in environmental science. At Wheaton he was a biology major and an environmental science minor, with particular interests in water-quality issues and forest conservation. He was also a member of Wheaton's vernal pool water research team, whose research focuses on small invertebrates living in vernal pools. Giuliani did summer research in trout biology in Nevada, and in his junior year he studied natural resource management at Australia's University of Melbourne. After graduation, Giuliani planned to study environmental law.
Susan Habas '01
2001 Fulbright Scholar
Ogunquit, Maine
Biochemistry major Susan Habas was awarded a highly competitive New Zealand Fulbright scholarship for chemistry research. Habas used her Fulbright award at New Zealand's Massey University, where she researched the synthesis of porphyrin (chlorophyll)—an area of chemical research that combines organic chemistry and biology with the aims of understanding the ways that nature captures and utilizes light. After her nine-month Fulbright, Habas planned to complete a doctorate in the study of porphyrins either at Massey University or in the United States.
Frederick Marcks '02
2001 Truman Scholar
Chelmsford, Mass.
Fred Marcks, a political science major, was one of 70 college students in the nation to win the Truman Scholarship in public service, a $30,000 grant for attending graduate or professional school in preparation for careers in public service. Marcks was also the first recipient of Wheaton's Christine Todd Whitman '68 Fellowship in Public Service. During the summer of 2000, he began his fellowship in the New Jersey governor's office and wenot on to work with Whitman after she assumed her post as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C. A town meeting representative in his hometown of Chelmsford, Marcks was, at the time of his election, the youngest elected official in the state. At Wheaton, he served as president of the Student Government Association.
Laura Steele '01
2001 French Government Teaching Assistantship
Kennebunkport, Maine
Laura Steele, a dual major in French and psychology, taught English in France through a French Government Teaching Assistantship from the Fulbright program. Only 35 students are selected nationally for this award. Steele had earlier served as a teaching assistant while studying in Paris, France, in 2000. She was also a recipient of Wheaton's Davis International Fellowship, providing funding for a summer of teaching English in Mexico in 1999.